Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath
@azurelionprod.bsky.social
scifi, fantasy, & horror artist, illustrator, & poet
multi-genre print-on-demand artist, designer, & photographer
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multi-genre print-on-demand artist, designer, & photographer
My PoD shops:
https://tee.pub/lic/sp_YC96pfhI
https://www.redbubble.com/people/RHFay/shop?asc=u
https://www.zazzle.com/store/richardfay
Last time I painted anything artistic?
That was probably when I painted my own Dresden-type ornaments for our Christmas tree, and that was many years ago now.
That was probably when I painted my own Dresden-type ornaments for our Christmas tree, and that was many years ago now.
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Last time I painted anything artistic?
That was probably when I painted my own Dresden-type ornaments for our Christmas tree, and that was many years ago now.
That was probably when I painted my own Dresden-type ornaments for our Christmas tree, and that was many years ago now.
Drawing is drawing.
I envy artists who are able to draw using tablets. I can't seem to draw directly on a device. I need to draw on paper and then scan my drawings in to do do any digital work on them.
I envy artists who are able to draw using tablets. I can't seem to draw directly on a device. I need to draw on paper and then scan my drawings in to do do any digital work on them.
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Drawing is drawing.
I envy artists who are able to draw using tablets. I can't seem to draw directly on a device. I need to draw on paper and then scan my drawings in to do do any digital work on them.
I envy artists who are able to draw using tablets. I can't seem to draw directly on a device. I need to draw on paper and then scan my drawings in to do do any digital work on them.
I've also painted with actual paints (although it's been an awful long time since I last painted anything), and I've used actual ink pens (artist pens) on actual paper/Bristol board. As a matter of fact, the latter is my usual foundational medium nowadays.
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I've also painted with actual paints (although it's been an awful long time since I last painted anything), and I've used actual ink pens (artist pens) on actual paper/Bristol board. As a matter of fact, the latter is my usual foundational medium nowadays.
I've picked up an actual pencil. I've drawn using an actual pencil Have you?
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I've picked up an actual pencil. I've drawn using an actual pencil Have you?
Silly me, I was excited when I discovered artist pens and Bristol board!
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Silly me, I was excited when I discovered artist pens and Bristol board!
I bet most AI bros couldn't name a historical art movement. Even if they are able to name one or two, I bet they couldn't describe what makes those movements distinctive.
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I bet most AI bros couldn't name a historical art movement. Even if they are able to name one or two, I bet they couldn't describe what makes those movements distinctive.
An art movement is a trend among a group of artists of the same general period to move toward a particular style, philosophy, and objective. Examples of art movements include: Cubism, Surrealism, Realism, Pop Art, Street Art, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco.
AI is not an art movement.
AI is not an art movement.
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
An art movement is a trend among a group of artists of the same general period to move toward a particular style, philosophy, and objective. Examples of art movements include: Cubism, Surrealism, Realism, Pop Art, Street Art, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco.
AI is not an art movement.
AI is not an art movement.
AI may stop writing from being marketable.
I actually know of one small-press publisher who dropped out of the field due, in part, to the influx of AI submissions.
Sure, go ahead, write that novel, but expect to publish it yourself, and don't expect to sell many copies.
I actually know of one small-press publisher who dropped out of the field due, in part, to the influx of AI submissions.
Sure, go ahead, write that novel, but expect to publish it yourself, and don't expect to sell many copies.
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
AI may stop writing from being marketable.
I actually know of one small-press publisher who dropped out of the field due, in part, to the influx of AI submissions.
Sure, go ahead, write that novel, but expect to publish it yourself, and don't expect to sell many copies.
I actually know of one small-press publisher who dropped out of the field due, in part, to the influx of AI submissions.
Sure, go ahead, write that novel, but expect to publish it yourself, and don't expect to sell many copies.
Pro writers, especially novelists, were already a dying breed prior to the advent of AI. AI is merely nailing down the coffin lid.
I stopped submitting written works to publications around the time AI became an issue, not because of AI, but the AI issue reinforces that decision.
I stopped submitting written works to publications around the time AI became an issue, not because of AI, but the AI issue reinforces that decision.
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Pro writers, especially novelists, were already a dying breed prior to the advent of AI. AI is merely nailing down the coffin lid.
I stopped submitting written works to publications around the time AI became an issue, not because of AI, but the AI issue reinforces that decision.
I stopped submitting written works to publications around the time AI became an issue, not because of AI, but the AI issue reinforces that decision.
Reference image versus my art
Image of dragon attacking an elephant from a medieval manuscript versus "Nessiterix Attacks an Elephoid".
Image of dragon attacking an elephant from a medieval manuscript versus "Nessiterix Attacks an Elephoid".
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Reference image versus my art
Image of dragon attacking an elephant from a medieval manuscript versus "Nessiterix Attacks an Elephoid".
Image of dragon attacking an elephant from a medieval manuscript versus "Nessiterix Attacks an Elephoid".
The re-published and re-priced (now $3.99) Kindle edition of my double-length speculative poetry collection, COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS, is live on Amazon.
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions : A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/gOdQrD9 #Amazon via @Amazon
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions : A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/gOdQrD9 #Amazon via @Amazon
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The re-published and re-priced (now $3.99) Kindle edition of my double-length speculative poetry collection, COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS, is live on Amazon.
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions : A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/gOdQrD9 #Amazon via @Amazon
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions : A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/gOdQrD9 #Amazon via @Amazon
Share your pictures. No words. Just pictures
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Share your pictures. No words. Just pictures
I don't trust AI. I don't trust that the info AI provides is accurate, or even real.
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I don't trust AI. I don't trust that the info AI provides is accurate, or even real.
I'm a self-employed freelance artist and small businessman. I'm not firing myself. As long as people keep buying items featuring my art (and they have been so far), I'll keep doing art for items in my print-on-demand stores.
I'm also a poet. AI hasn't stopped me penning poetry.
I'm also a poet. AI hasn't stopped me penning poetry.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm a self-employed freelance artist and small businessman. I'm not firing myself. As long as people keep buying items featuring my art (and they have been so far), I'll keep doing art for items in my print-on-demand stores.
I'm also a poet. AI hasn't stopped me penning poetry.
I'm also a poet. AI hasn't stopped me penning poetry.
Do I view gatekeeping in the world of publications as a negative? Yes and no. I think there are times the gatekeepers in that world get it wrong, and I think there are times they let their personal biases influence their decisions, but I understand that it's a part of that world.
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Do I view gatekeeping in the world of publications as a negative? Yes and no. I think there are times the gatekeepers in that world get it wrong, and I think there are times they let their personal biases influence their decisions, but I understand that it's a part of that world.
Just as with the terms "artist" and "creative", AI bros fail to understand the meaning of the term "gatekeeper" (a person who controls who is granted access to a category or status). No one gatekeeps access to status as an artist — the act of creating art makes one an artist.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just as with the terms "artist" and "creative", AI bros fail to understand the meaning of the term "gatekeeper" (a person who controls who is granted access to a category or status). No one gatekeeps access to status as an artist — the act of creating art makes one an artist.
There was a bald eagle perched atop an evergreen tree when Michele and I went to the local Market32 earlier this afternoon. The bird was just sitting there as if posing. Sadly, my phone didn't take the greatest of pics of it, but you can tell it's an eagle.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There was a bald eagle perched atop an evergreen tree when Michele and I went to the local Market32 earlier this afternoon. The bird was just sitting there as if posing. Sadly, my phone didn't take the greatest of pics of it, but you can tell it's an eagle.
Our marigolds have finally given up the ghost. They're done! A frost the other night did them in. Took these pics earlier this week.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Our marigolds have finally given up the ghost. They're done! A frost the other night did them in. Took these pics earlier this week.
The paperback edition of my double-length (129 pages) speculative poetry collection has now been re-published through Amazon's KDP, at a lower price ($6.99).
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/beXbdbg #Amazon via @Amazon
#poetry
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/beXbdbg #Amazon via @Amazon
#poetry
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The paperback edition of my double-length (129 pages) speculative poetry collection has now been re-published through Amazon's KDP, at a lower price ($6.99).
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/beXbdbg #Amazon via @Amazon
#poetry
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/beXbdbg #Amazon via @Amazon
#poetry
Way, way back art — colored pencil illustrations of ironclads I did for a social studies report in 8th grade (circa 1981).
They're a bit rough, but you can definitely tell what they're meant to be.
They're a bit rough, but you can definitely tell what they're meant to be.
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Way, way back art — colored pencil illustrations of ironclads I did for a social studies report in 8th grade (circa 1981).
They're a bit rough, but you can definitely tell what they're meant to be.
They're a bit rough, but you can definitely tell what they're meant to be.
I've noticed that myself.
These AI bros claiming to be established artists long before the advent of commercial generative AI never do provide proof, do they?
Me? I've shared art I did back in the 1980s. I've shared images of my illustrations in print going back to 2007.
These AI bros claiming to be established artists long before the advent of commercial generative AI never do provide proof, do they?
Me? I've shared art I did back in the 1980s. I've shared images of my illustrations in print going back to 2007.
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I've noticed that myself.
These AI bros claiming to be established artists long before the advent of commercial generative AI never do provide proof, do they?
Me? I've shared art I did back in the 1980s. I've shared images of my illustrations in print going back to 2007.
These AI bros claiming to be established artists long before the advent of commercial generative AI never do provide proof, do they?
Me? I've shared art I did back in the 1980s. I've shared images of my illustrations in print going back to 2007.
Sold 11/20/2025 through Zazzle and being shipped to a recipient in the US (NJ):
one Robin Hood Stone Magnet.
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Thanks, buyer! Much appreciated!
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one Robin Hood Stone Magnet.
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Thanks, buyer! Much appreciated!
#zazzlemade #magnet #robinhood
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Sold 11/20/2025 through Zazzle and being shipped to a recipient in the US (NJ):
one Robin Hood Stone Magnet.
www.zazzle.com/robin_hood_s... via @zazzle
Thanks, buyer! Much appreciated!
#zazzlemade #magnet #robinhood
one Robin Hood Stone Magnet.
www.zazzle.com/robin_hood_s... via @zazzle
Thanks, buyer! Much appreciated!
#zazzlemade #magnet #robinhood
Expanded and reworked the poem below and added it to a picture of my grandmother's old house (now long gone), which many in the family claimed was haunted. I never experienced anything in that house (I spent a lot of time there when I was a kid), but I heard all of the stories.
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Expanded and reworked the poem below and added it to a picture of my grandmother's old house (now long gone), which many in the family claimed was haunted. I never experienced anything in that house (I spent a lot of time there when I was a kid), but I heard all of the stories.
